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= Introduction: Lesson 15 =
 * Use the following stories, "The Extra Good Sunday" and "Tia Luisa's Fruit Salad" to answer questions regarding the text and author's craft. Use pages 492-493, 496, 500-501 and 510-512 for close reading questions.

= Student Outcomes: =
 * SWBAT read humorous fiction to help understand characters traits.

1. On page 492, the author ends the first paragraph with a question. Why do you think she did that?
 * =Title 1: The Extra Good Sunday= || =Title 2: Tia Luisa's Fruit Salad= ||
 * =Questions:=

2. On page 493, the author uses the word "cross." What other words in that paragraph help to define it?

3. Which sentence on page 496, shows that Ramona doesn't care how dinner comes out?

4. On page 500, what words help you understand that Ramona is sloppy?

5. On page 501, the author has the character pause before she says, "surprise." Why did the author do that?

6. How do you know that this text is fiction? || =Questions:= 1. On pages 510-512, the author uses reader's theater to show a recipe for fruit salad. Why did he do that?

2. On page 510, what do the exclamation points tell you about the characters?

3. In reader's theater there are different characters. How do you know when a different character speaks?

4. Why do you think the author interweaves Spanish words into the play?

5. What ingredient could you leave out if you were making this recipe? ||

= Summative Questions: = 1. What clues help you know that the story was written to entertain and make the reader laugh?

2. What lesson do you think the author wants the reader to learn about refusing to do what you're told?

3. What is similar between the two stories?

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